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Ben Affleck Quotes

I like acting for myself as a director. I act and I know that I’ll have a chance to have some say in what gets used and that I’ll be able to give myself enough takes and be on the same page as myself about how the scene should play Picture Quote #1

My mother taught public school, went to Harvard and then got her master’s there and taught fifth and sixth grade in a public school. My dad had a more working-class lifestyle. He didn’t go to college. He was an auto mechanic and a bartender and a janitor at Harvard Picture Quote #1

It was a dreamlike time for me from December 1997 to March of 98. Before that, I was basically unknown. Then, bang! The starting gun fired, and everybody just started running. It was learn-on-the-job. And there were more opportunities for work than I had time to do them Picture Quote #1

I find that all great directors, and I would include Ben Affleck and Clint Eastwood in that, they have great confidence. And with great confidence comes great freedom for the actor Picture Quote #1

It wasn’t my childhood fantasy to work with Truffaut or be in obscure films. I like Midnight Run better than I like The Bicycle Thief. It was films like Die Hard and Bladerunner that made me want to be an actor Picture Quote #1

Would you pull the lever for yourself, Ben Affleck? What has Barack Obama meant to your movie career, Ben? Picture Quote #1

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Batman is not a very interesting character. For any actor. There is simply not much to play. I think Michael Keaton did it the best, and I wish good luck to Ben Affleck. But, you know who would have made a great Batman? Alec Baldwin in the 80s Picture Quote #1

My tone and my style are reflected in the movies I choose to make. I want to make big movies. My dream is to be Jon Favreau or Ben Affleck Picture Quote #1

I think we all like to see ourselves as good dads, but there’s also that fear, ‘Oh, I don’t want to be like my father,’ or, ‘I hope my kid doesn’t turn out like me.’ You know, I have those feelings too. So the key is optimism Picture Quote #1

I went to the University of Vermont because I had a kind of unrequited love for this high school girlfriend. She wasn’t even at the University but at another school nearby. But I thought if went to a school near her, just maybe... I was really remedial about girls in so many ways Picture Quote #1

I thought I could rely on the plot in the novel and fill in the colour between the lines, but I made a mistake with that assumption. It was really, really hard because you pull a few things apart and then you realise how everything relies on everything else and it can all fall apart Picture Quote #1

Sure, I suffered a lot. But it’s not like the end of the world and it’s not who I am. I lead quite a pleasant life and I’m able to divorce a perceived reality from my actual experience of life Picture Quote #1

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The value of work, and of always learning something new, and what it takes to achieve excellence. I really believe in those things that you have to dedicate yourself and spend time, that excellence is elusive. It’s a little maddening, to try to have that level of discipline in your life, and I don’t succeed all the time. But I do try Picture Quote #1

Making movies has become such a golden ring, and it’s all such a big business, that the rewards system has gotten totally out of whack. Suddenly, you’re treated in a manner befitting someone who is actually an important person Picture Quote #1

The first thing that I really understood politically and was old enough to get was the failed assassination attempt on Reagan Picture Quote #1

All I do, really, is go to work and try to be professional, be on time and be prepared Picture Quote #1

I love being a father, it’s wonderful. It’s changed my life. All the clichÃƒÂ©s are true Picture Quote #1

Sometimes I get insecure about being a real director because I look at the great directors, and they have such command. But maybe that keeps me critical of myself. Maybe it keeps me moving forward Picture Quote #1

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Yes, I’m going to be the President of the United States. You know why? You think you can get chicks by being in the movies? You can really get chicks by being the President Picture Quote #1

I kinda see my current position like this: Here’s your five minutes in the toy store, so you gotta do all the good movies you can before ‘Chuck Woolery’ rings the bell Picture Quote #1

I’m very interested in Ben Affleck as Batman. I actually think he’s a great choice Picture Quote #1

I knew Matt Damon and Ben Affleck were really talented. As actors, they were both studly young men, and they had great writers’ chops Picture Quote #1

Benedict Cumberbatch is not only the best name in show business, it’s also the response you get when you ask John Travolta to pronounce Ben Affleck Picture Quote #1

I have a sort of sisterly feeling toward him [Ben Affleck]. I want him to do well and grow up and be a happy person and a fully realized man Picture Quote #1

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One, I had never worked with John Woo before and I wanted to see what that was like, and two, Ben Affleck is a friend, so it would be fun to work with him again Picture Quote #1

I don’t understand what people’s fascination is with [our] relationship. If we’re in the same city, we go out... Sometimes when I’m in L.A., I stay at his [Ben Affleck’s] house. But it’s not what people think. We’re not together, I swear on my life Picture Quote #1

Ben Affleck exec-produced a documentary for HBO called ‘Reporter’ about my 2007 win-a-trip journey. I take the trip each year partly to encourage young people to think about global humanitarian issues: I think blogs by a student may be more compelling for that audience than my own work Picture Quote #1

If I could be somebody, it’d definitely be Brad Pitt. I love the way he looks Picture Quote #1

People ascribe a certain kind of silliness to the movie business. Everybody feels like, In the movies, they do crazy stuff Picture Quote #1

In our culture, we get very much into shorthanding people. And I got shorthanded as That Guy: Jennifer Lopez, movies bombed, therefore he must be a sort of thoughtless dilettante, solipsistic consumer blahblahblah. It’s hard to shake those sort of narratives Picture Quote #1

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I like acting for myself as a director. I act and I know that I’ll have a chance to have some say in what gets used and that I’ll be able to give myself enough takes and be on the same page as myself about how the scene should play (Ben Affleck Quotes) My mother taught public school, went to Harvard and then got her master’s there and taught fifth and sixth grade in a public school. My dad had a more working-class lifestyle. He didn’t go to college. He was an auto mechanic and a bartender and a janitor at Harvard (Ben Affleck Quotes) It was a dreamlike time for me from December 1997 to March of 98. Before that, I was basically unknown. Then, bang! The starting gun fired, and everybody just started running. It was learn-on-the-job. And there were more opportunities for work than I had time to do them (Ben Affleck Quotes) I find that all great directors, and I would include Ben Affleck and Clint Eastwood in that, they have great confidence. And with great confidence comes great freedom for the actor (Ben Affleck Quotes) It wasn’t my childhood fantasy to work with Truffaut or be in obscure films. I like Midnight Run better than I like The Bicycle Thief. It was films like Die Hard and Bladerunner that made me want to be an actor (Ben Affleck Quotes) Would you pull the lever for yourself, Ben Affleck? What has Barack Obama meant to your movie career, Ben? (Ben Affleck Quotes) Batman is not a very interesting character. For any actor. There is simply not much to play. I think Michael Keaton did it the best, and I wish good luck to Ben Affleck. But, you know who would have made a great Batman? Alec Baldwin in the 80s (Ben Affleck Quotes) My tone and my style are reflected in the movies I choose to make. I want to make big movies. My dream is to be Jon Favreau or Ben Affleck (Ben Affleck Quotes) I think we all like to see ourselves as good dads, but there’s also that fear, ‘Oh, I don’t want to be like my father,’ or, ‘I hope my kid doesn’t turn out like me.’ You know, I have those feelings too. So the key is optimism (Ben Affleck Quotes) I went to the University of Vermont because I had a kind of unrequited love for this high school girlfriend. She wasn’t even at the University but at another school nearby. But I thought if went to a school near her, just maybe... I was really remedial about girls in so many ways (Ben Affleck Quotes) I thought I could rely on the plot in the novel and fill in the colour between the lines, but I made a mistake with that assumption. It was really, really hard because you pull a few things apart and then you realise how everything relies on everything else and it can all fall apart (Ben Affleck Quotes) Sure, I suffered a lot. But it’s not like the end of the world and it’s not who I am. I lead quite a pleasant life and I’m able to divorce a perceived reality from my actual experience of life. (Ben Affleck Quotes) The value of work, and of always learning something new, and what it takes to achieve excellence. I really believe in those things that you have to dedicate yourself and spend time, that excellence is elusive. It’s a little maddening, to try to have that level of discipline in your life, and I don’t succeed all the time. But I do try. (Ben Affleck Quotes) Making movies has become such a golden ring, and it’s all such a big business, that the rewards system has gotten totally out of whack. Suddenly, you’re treated in a manner befitting someone who is actually an important person. (Ben Affleck Quotes) The first thing that I really understood politically and was old enough to get was the failed assassination attempt on Reagan. (Ben Affleck Quotes) All I do, really, is go to work and try to be professional, be on time and be prepared (Ben Affleck Quotes) I love being a father, it’s wonderful. It’s changed my life. All the clichÃƒÂ©s are true. (Ben Affleck Quotes) Sometimes I get insecure about being a real director because I look at the great directors, and they have such command. But maybe that keeps me critical of myself. Maybe it keeps me moving forward. (Ben Affleck Quotes) Yes, I’m going to be the President of the United States. You know why? You think you can get chicks by being in the movies? You can really get chicks by being the President. (Ben Affleck Quotes) I kinda see my current position like this: Here’s your five minutes in the toy store, so you gotta do all the good movies you can before ‘Chuck Woolery’ rings the bell. (Ben Affleck Quotes) I’m very interested in Ben Affleck as Batman. I actually think he’s a great choice. (Ben Affleck Quotes) I knew Matt Damon and Ben Affleck were really talented. As actors, they were both studly young men, and they had great writers’ chops. (Ben Affleck Quotes) Benedict Cumberbatch is not only the best name in show business, it’s also the response you get when you ask John Travolta to pronounce Ben Affleck. (Ben Affleck Quotes) I have a sort of sisterly feeling toward him [Ben Affleck]. I want him to do well and grow up and be a happy person and a fully realized man. (Ben Affleck Quotes) One, I had never worked with John Woo before and I wanted to see what that was like, and two, Ben Affleck is a friend, so it would be fun to work with him again. (Ben Affleck Quotes) I don’t understand what people’s fascination is with [our] relationship. If we’re in the same city, we go out... Sometimes when I’m in L.A., I stay at his [Ben Affleck’s] house. But it’s not what people think. We’re not together, I swear on my life. (Ben Affleck Quotes) Ben Affleck exec-produced a documentary for HBO called ‘Reporter’ about my 2007 win-a-trip journey. I take the trip each year partly to encourage young people to think about global humanitarian issues: I think blogs by a student may be more compelling for that audience than my own work. (Ben Affleck Quotes) If I could be somebody, it’d definitely be Brad Pitt. I love the way he looks. (Ben Affleck Quotes) People ascribe a certain kind of silliness to the movie business. Everybody feels like, In the movies, they do crazy stuff. (Ben Affleck Quotes) In our culture, we get very much into shorthanding people. And I got shorthanded as That Guy: Jennifer Lopez, movies bombed, therefore he must be a sort of thoughtless dilettante, solipsistic consumer blahblahblah. It’s hard to shake those sort of narratives. (Ben Affleck Quotes)

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